Show 1 1 II I 11 1 1 1 11 II 1111 FARM FARM WAR NEWS 1 II 1 I II II 1111 11 1111 II County Count 1 Farmers n Will vm Grow GIon Beans and Potatoes According to a statement from p E. T T. LeFevre chairman n of the county war board farmers in Garfield county will plant 1000 acres of or potatoes this year and lucre more than acres of beans USDA USDA More Beef Moro More Grass Gran An important conservation practice which is rapidly becoming becoming be be- coming comins more popular with Utah farmers and ranchers is now turning out to be a n major war activity Its It's the tile seeding of grass With the increased production production of or livestock and a demand that seems to stay ahead of oC the tile record record record rec rec- ord supply there comes the cry for tor more feed more teed more grass an and hay Farmers and ranchers cooperating cooperating coop coop- orating In the the soil conservation program are doing a good job of of increasing the tile prod production I grass I From reports report come these I II indications of what is being done I In San Juan county 7 75 5 acres of sage land has been cleared preparatory to seeding to perennial perennial per per- grasses or temporary rye pastures this tills coming fall Call i Approximately acres of oC Sage page has been cleared near Escalante Escalante Escalante Es- Es calante In Garfield county for Cor a a. similar purpose The Landes Land and Livestock Live Live- Livestock stock company of oC Salt Lake Cit City recently purchased a a. acre ace ranch in and aud Sevier coun coun- ties They have asked for technical technical technical tech tech- assistance on range improvement improvement im Im- provement pro with the Intentions of oC concentrating on range seeding practices Grass seeding on irrigated farms is proving Its worth over the tile state On the thc Mac Hafen farm gat I at Mt I Pleasant a small six acre pasture was cut for hay It yielded yield yield- ed approximately 25 tons of oC hay hayand hayand and after the hay was hauled off ocr ten milk cows were kept on it for 30 days and the then additional livestock were allowed to graze it until winter set in USDA USDA h Whenever ell e C I a team or 01 passenger I car will do the job dont don't drive the truck advises the county farm transportation committee Trucks and truck parts are harder hard hard- er to get USDA USDA Machinery Untagged Acting under authority to release re release release re- re lease county quotas on rationed farm Carm machinery the Utah state USDA war board this week took the following j gems of farm machinery machinery machinery ma ma- chinery from the quota list Listers List List- ers era and beet drills beet cultivators atols beet lifters lifters lift lift- ers moldboard plows disc plows way one-way disc plows tooth spring harrows farm wagons garden tractors soil and packers field cultivators and til tillers tillers tillers til- til lers power dusters and traction dusters These items of oC machinery will continue to be rationed and they cannot be purchased without a purchase certificate from the county farm rationing committee But they will not be tagged to any county but may be purchased wherever they are found within the state State quotas will continue continue con con- and tags will be lie used to direct machinery to the state but county designations will be omitted on the above items j USDA USDA New ew nC Regulations on Meat Slaughter Revised regulations whit wipe wille out certain restrictions on custom slaughtering of home- home produced livestock for consumption consumption consumption tion on the farm Carm were announced this week The hc regulations now provide that a farmer Carmel and his Camil family may consume meat raised on any farm he owns or operates and may transfer meat from one of or his farms to another to provide food for members of ot the household household household house house- hold without giving giving- up ration points Also a farmer or rancher may feed his employees without haing having havins hav- hav ing ins to register as an Institutional Institutional Honal user And a farmer can now have meat 1 killed by hy a custom for Cor his own use without having having- to surrender ration stamps However he must certify certify certiC tiC In writing to the that the meat is intended to be used for his own family or em em- USDA USDA Ruling Killing on nn Meat Icat Exchange e eIn In communities ties where it has been the practice for a group of families to take turns in doing farm slaughtering and in this way vay provide each other with a 3 continuous supply of fresh Cresh meat provision has been made for such exchange Such exchange nifty continue continua under the present rationing ra rationing ra- ra order provided that noone no noone one farmer exchanges or lends more than pounds of oC beef and veal together and pounds of DC other meats in addition to 4 25 po pounds of other foods rationed ration ration- ed under this order in any one calendar year USDA USDA 5 War fit rOl Workers Can Help On Farms Leaves of absence to permit industrial workers living on small farms to plant and aDd harvest crops were advocated this week by the war manpower commission and the war food administration |